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Sega's Like A Dragon Games Get Live-Action Series on Amazon in October (Updated)
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is producing a six-episode live-action series based on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories in two batches on October 25 and November 1.
Update: The series will debut with the title Like a Dragon: Yakuza (or Like a Dragon -Yakuza-) on October 24 in the West on Amazon Prime Video.
The series stars Masaharu Take (100 Yen Love, The Naked Director) is directing the series.
The series is partially based on the first game in the series, which was initially titled Yakuza in the West (the series transitioned to the title Like a Dragon, closer to its Japanese title, with the seventh game Yakuza: Like a Dragon in 2020). The story will center on Kiryu and three friends, initially in 1995, and then transitioning to 2005 as Kiryu gets out of a decade-long stint in prison.
Entertainment news source Variety previously Erik Barmack , Roberto Grande, and Joshua Long were producing the film.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryū ga Gotoku 8), the latest game in the series, Steam. The game sold 102,940 copies in Japan in its first three days.
Tokyo Shock released the film on home video in the United States in 2010.
Update: Added info on Western title, release. Source: Amazon Prime's X/Twitter
Sources: Eiga Natalie, IGN (Daniel Robson)
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